Sales driven division with silo paranoia - Operations Leader Univar Solutions Employee Review

2.0
Feb 16, 2015
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Pros

The people in the trenches like customer service and warehouse employees are good hard working folks and do very well with little direction and development.

Cons

Univar environmental sciences division has no leadership except salesman. No collaboration between divisions and no operations executive strategy or let alone leadership does not exist. Just do- don't think of new ways mentality exist here. "We been doing things the same way for years"...no metrics and no control of costs.. Very reactive with no process improvement methodologies. Leaders are just worried about lookng bad.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

Unlimited vacation is a perk.

Cons

The company has serious cultural and leadership issues, particularly around accountability for inappropriate conduct. There have been significant concerns regarding a senior global employee’s behavior, including inappropriate sexual relationships with employees across multiple countries and concerns about misuse of position, influence, and company resources to support his behavior. The fact that these concerns were reportedly allowed to continue raises serious questions about the company’s commitment to "safety". Reporting concerns to HR was not viewed as an effective solution. A workplace cannot maintain trust when employees believe power and position can shield predatory behavior. Employees should also be aware that compensation expectations may not align with reality. Bonuses that employees work toward throughout the year will not be paid out as expected, and communication around these decisions has been unclear and last minute. Overall, leadership has appeared disorganized, unqualified, inconsistent, and lacking direction.

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